IBC: EditShare Showcases QScan Fast Tracks Automated QC With Aspera Orchestrator Integration

EditShare LLC announced that the QScan Automated Quality Control family (AQC) of products, powered by Quales AQC engine, supports Aspera Orchestrator customers with integrated automated quality control.

QScan simplifies compliance and delivery requirements with quality control capabilities that leverage a patent pending QScan Single-Pass Analysis process which can be applied at any point during the workflow. New integration with Aspera, Inc.‘ (an IBM company) Orchestrator, a web-based workflow automation application that enables fast transfers, lets facilities set up AQC workflows that ensure files meet compliance coming in and leaving the facility.

Howard Twine, director, software strategy, EditShare, explains, “The integration is a straightforward plug-in, allowing Aspera Orchestrator customers who are building file based workflows to leverage AQC when they are sending or receiving files from another party. With all the varying broadcast requirements and global delivery demands, AQC has become critical for just about any media facility doing business outside their immediate territory. If you are delivering to Japan or the UK, you need to check against PSE levels. With the UK, its DPP AS-11 for broadcasting material and for many OTT platforms, you need to comply with IMF standards. And of course, there is verifying files on the way into the facility to ensure that valuable post time is not wasted on non-compliant files. AQC is a time and money saver all around and simply a must for delivery workflows.“

Known for its intuitive visual inspection interface and automated QC accuracy, QScan is designed for creative and technical operators, giving an instant visual presentation of the quality checked file, as well as in-depth detailed analysis, making it easy to adopt across facilities.

“The expanding number of delivery platforms and their respective requirements is technically challenging for many content producers and distributors to navigate. Making it easy to use the best platforms is important in many facility workflow conversations and design,” comments John Wastcoat, VP, business development, Aspera. “Bringing together the robust capabilities of Aspera Orchestrator with quality control systems like EditShare’s QScan allows our customers to remove much of the complexity and potential headaches from not knowing if their media is compliant with any of the growing number of file formats. This type of offering gives businesses confidence that what they are handing off – whether it’s to the post department for color grading or to an OTT provider, is spot on. In an industry where deadlines are tightening, there is no room for file errors, so this integrated solution can be a fundamental part of our customers’ workflows.“

IBC 2018 attendees can see the QScan/Aspera Orchestrator integration on the Aspera Partners Village stand.

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2018.07.05 | Press Release